The Geffen Film Company (also known as
The Geffen Company,
The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later
Geffen Pictures) was a
film distributor and
production company founded by
David Geffen, the founder of
Geffen Records, and future co-founder of
DreamWorks. Geffen founded the company in 1980, having recruited Eric Eisner as president, and distributed its films through
Warner Bros. Geffen operated it as a division of
Warner Bros., but Warner owns the rights to most of GFC's films. The only Geffen film Warner Bros. does not own is the
1996 Mike Judge comedy,
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, owned by co-producer
Paramount Pictures.